The Use of R-(+)-1-Phenylethylisocyanate in the Optical Analysis of Asymmetric Secondary Alcohols by Gas Chromatography

Abstract
Gas chromatography of diastereoisomeric carbamates has been used to determine the steric purity of asymmetric alcohols. The relative retention times of the diastereoisomers could be used to assign the absolute configuration of a homologous series of secondary alcohols.